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Demographic and Health Survey 2003-2004 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 2003 - 2004
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MDG_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie, des Finances et du Budget [Madagascar] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Agrees to referral for anemia (Female household members) (H_HWFANEMIAREF)

Data file: MDG2003-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 386
End: 386
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
119A. Would you accept a letter of referral to see the doctor about your condition?

WAS INFORMED AND ACCEPTED 1 (GO TO 121)
WAS INFORMED BUT DID NOT ACCEPT 2 (GO TO 121)
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
HWFANEMIAREF (HA58) indicates whether the female household member agreed to be referred for treatment after hemoglobin blood tests revealed anemia. According to the DHS Recode Manuals, "In case where the anemia level is severe, respondents are asked whether this information can be given to a doctor at a specified health facility for follow up."

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Female blood testing Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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